Self-controlled children tend to be healthier middle-aged adults
Self-control of one’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors is one of the personality traits that makes…
Category: Science and Health
Evolving the surgical microscope
Experts explain how surgical microscopes are modified into slightly different optical configurations and equipped with…
Drought of the century in the Middle Ages — with parallels to climate change today?
The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age was apparently accompanied…
Sweat, bleach and gym air quality: Chemical reactions make new airborne chemicals
One sweaty, huffing, exercising person emits as many chemicals from their body as up to…
.jpg)
Bone fracture risk may increase when critical enzymatic processes decline
A loss of enzymatic processes within the body can increase a person’s risk of bone…
New COVID-19 test gives positive result in just a few minutes
Researchers report the development of a new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30…
Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids
A growing body of research shows that overuse and misuse of antibiotics in children’s hospitals…
Why were breastfeeding women in the UK denied the covid-19 vaccine?
On 30 December, a month after licensing the Pfizer BioNTech covid-19 vaccine, the UK’s Medicines…
NICE’s approach to measuring value
Appleby asks whether covid-19 vaccines would be considered cost effective using the National Institute for…
Covid-19: UK study aims to understand effects on ethnic minority healthcare workers
A new study has launched in the UK to understand the impact of covid-19 on…
Covid-19: “Shkreli Awards” go to pandemic’s top profiteers
The Shkreli Awards for profiteering and dysfunction in healthcare, an annual tribute to the worst…
Machine learning improves particle accelerator diagnostics
Operators of Jefferson Lab’s primary particle accelerator are getting a new tool to help them…
Danish and Chinese tongues taste broccoli and chocolate differently
Two studies show that Danes aren’t quite as good as Chinese at discerning bitter tastes….
Division of tongue tie: an assault on a baby
I commend Fraser and colleagues for calling division of tongue tie into question once again.1…
Covax must go beyond proportional allocation of covid vaccines to ensure fair and equitable access
The Covax Facility (Covax) is a multilateral initiative aimed at ensuring that all countries have…
Breaking through the resolution barrier with quantum-limited precision
Researchers have developed a new method of distance measurement for systems such as GPS, which…
Nearly two thirds of doctors have anxiety or depression, BMA survey finds
A survey of over 7000 doctors conducted by the BMA in December found that, while…
Bedside EEG test can aid prognosis in unresponsive brain injury patients
Assessing the ability of unresponsive patients with severe brain injury to understand what is being…
Using solar energy and agriculture to limit climate change, assist rural communities
Co-developing land for both solar photovoltaic power and agriculture could provide 20% of total electricity…
Neither liquid nor solid
Discovery of liquid glass sheds light on the old scientific problem of the glass transition:…
Viewing upper gastrointestinal cancers in a new light
Researchers report the use of Linked Color Imaging, an innovative modality that specifically combines selected…
Making therapeutic sense of antisense oligonucleotides
Researchers have devised a molecular structural modification that boosts the efficacy of antisense oligonucleotide-based drugs…
Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature
Researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in…
Integrator: A guardian of the human transcriptome
Researchers have characterized a cellular activity that protects our cells from potentially toxic by-products of…
.jpg)
Deep neural network predicts transcription factors
A joint research team has developed a deep neural network named DeepTFactor that predicts transcription…
New imaging method reveals if antibiotics reach bacteria hiding in tissues
Researchers have developed a new imaging method to see where antibiotics have reached bacteria within…
Division of tongue tie: surgical complications
The statement that division of tongue tie is “generally a well established and safe procedure”…
How plants adapt their root growth to changes of nutrients
Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays…
Uncovering how grasslands changed our climate
Grasslands are managed worldwide to support livestock production, while remaining natural or semi-natural ones provide…
Eurasian eagle owl diet reveals new records of threatened big-bellied glandular bush-crickets
Bird diets provide a real treasure for research into the distribution and conservation of their…
3D-printed smart gel changes shape when exposed to light
Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, engineers have created a 3D-printed…
NIH Seeking Input on Suicide Trends In Black Youth
Suicide is the second highest cause of death in adolescents; almost 1 in 5 adolescents…
Covid-19: London’s Nightingale Hospital will reopen for non-covid cases
London’s NHS Nightingale Hospital is currently being repurposed to take patients without covid-19 who are…
Engagement with Alcoholics Anonymous helps abstinence
In their impressive meta-analysis, Cheng and colleagues find no meaningful evidence for the impact of…
Community support that’s more than a sticking plaster
The covid-19 pandemic has underlined the role now played by general practices in alleviating food…
UK recommendations on opioid stewardship
The effect of the prescription opioid crisis in North America is well documented.1 In 2018…
How can I beat the January blues?
Reminisce about good timesHelen Garr, deputy director of NHS Practitioner Health, says, “Many of us…
Jumping Rope Using a Free App Download
If you’re looking for a fun way to add physical activity into your new year,…
Whole Foods CEO to America: You Don’t Need Health Care, Just Eat Better – New York Magazine
Whole Foods CEO to America: You Don’t Need Health Care, Just Eat Better New York Magazine…
Reawakened geyser does not foretell Yellowstone volcanic eruptions
Geyser eruptions, like volcanic eruptions, are a mystery, so the reactivation of Steamboat Geyser in…
Scientists develop new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions
An international volcanology team has created a first-of-its kind tool that can aid scientists in…
Uncovering how plants see blue light
Plants can perceive and react to light across a wide spectrum. New research shows how…
Focusing on diversion yields positive results for kids with behavioral issues
Researchers found that focusing on diversion — instead of detention — yields positive results for…
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Fluoride to the rescue?
Scientists have long been aware of the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and the increasing number…
New tool for reconstructing ancient sea ice to study climate change
A previously problematic molecule turns out to be a reliable proxy for reconstructing sea ice,…
Supercapacitors challenge batteries
A team has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The basis of the energy storage device…
Pandas’ popularity not protecting neighbors
Doubt is cast on the long-held hope that the conservation protections granted pandas and other…
Single-cell analysis of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumor cell populations associated with patient outcomes
Researchers who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), a…
Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure
Researchers describe, how structural defects in self-assembling nacre attract and cancel each other out, eventually…
Better together: Scientists discover applications of nanoparticles with multiple elements
As catalysts for fuel cells, batteries and processes for carbon dioxide reduction, alloy nanoparticles that…